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Understanding that we are all operating in an unprecedented environment with multiple, competing interests for the time and attention of the CEO, we are writing to you – from a CEO to CEO perspective – to ask for your much-needed help in advancing equality and inclusion at a time when the need to make sure that no one is marginalized has never been more important.

July 2020 marked the 30^th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).  While there is much to celebrate in the progress that has been made since the ADA was created, there is still a great deal of work to be done.  Specifically, we want to:

1. Request your consideration to participate in the Disability Equality Index, the leading corporate benchmarking tool for disability equality, which is administered by the non-profit organizations, American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) and Disability:IN;
2. Share important information on disability inclusion that details its impact on business performance; and
3. Ensure that you’re aware of increasing investor interest in understanding how companies are inclusive of people with disabilities.

We have experienced first-hand, within our companies, the potential for innovation, sustainability, and profit as a result of disability inclusion. It is important to us, now more than ever, to drive companies aligned with corporate values and meaningful purpose. Without disability inclusion, we will fail to build sustainable futures that empower all.

We kindly request that your company registers for the Disability Equality Index, a corporate benchmarking tool created by non-profit organizations AAPD and Disability:IN. 

Our respective companies leverage the Disability Equality Index to help build better products, stronger workforces, and innovative supply chains. At a larger scale, we stand to boost the American GDP by up to $25 billion if we hire just 1% of the untapped talent with disabilities.

Over one billion people have a disability across the globe – and it is a strength. We are leveraging this – by hiring inclusively, contracting with disability-owned business enterprises, and creating accessible tools and technology for all. We do this because it’s the right thing to do and it makes good business sense. Research reveals that companies that have led on key disability inclusion criteria during that time have realized: 1.6x more revenue, 2.6x more net income, and 2x more economic profit than other participants in Disability:IN’s annual benchmark survey.1 They are also 25% more likely to outperform on productivity compared to their industry peers that have not participated in the survey, measured as revenue per employee.

This is a growing topic for investors in driving sustainable performance. A global investor coalition, representing more than $2.8 trillion in combined assets, called on companies they invest in to become more disability inclusive. The coalition is led by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli and Oregon State Treasurer Tobias Read, and includes large institutional investors such as California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS) and Bank of America.

We understand, firsthand, that many requests come across the CEO’s desk, which is why we’re reaching out directly to you on this topic. The business case for disability inclusion in the workplace is compelling. Investor interest – along with regulator and legislator interest – on the topic of workplace disability inclusion is increasing at an accelerated pace. And the Disability Equality Index provides an unbiased and confidential way to benchmark disability inclusion in the workplace.

Thank you for your time and consideration.

1. Darius Adamczyk, Chairman & CEO, Honeywell
2. Kevin Ali, CEO, Organon
3. José (Joe) E. Almeida, Chairman, President & CEO, Baxter International Inc.
4. Cristiano R. Amon, President & CEO, Qualcomm Incorporated
5. Bill Anderson, Chairman of the Board of Management, Bayer AG, Bayer
6. Peter Arduini, President & CEO, GE HealthCare
7. Carl S. Armato, President & CEO, Novant Health
8. Craig Arnold, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Eaton
9. Nikesh Arora, CEO and Chairman, Palo Alto Networks
10. Tom Arseneault, President & CEO, BAE Systems, Inc.
11. Stéphane Bancel, CEO, Moderna
12. Steve Bandrowczak, Chief Executive Officer, Xerox Corporation
13. Mary Barra, Chair and CEO, General Motors
14. Corie Barry, CEO, Best Buy
15. Brian Becker, CEO, RSM
16. Marc Benioff, Chair & CEO, Salesforce
17. Andy Bird, CEO, Pearson
18. Frank Bisignano, President & CEO, Fiserv, Inc.
19. Robert M. Blue, Chair, President & CEO, Dominion Energy, Inc.
20. Jean-Michel Boers, President & CEO, and US Country Managing Director, Boehringer Ingelheim USA Corporation
21. Gail Boudreaux, President & CEO, Elevance Health
22. Dr. Albert Bourla, Chairman & CEO, Pfizer, Inc.
23. Roz Brewer, CEO, Walgreens Boots Alliance
24. Bruce Broussard, President & CEO, Humana Inc.
25. Greg Brown, Chairman & CEO, Motorola Solutions Inc
26. Jeffrey J. Brown, CEO, Ally Financial Inc.
27. Michele Buck, Chair of the Board President and Chief Executive Officer, The Hershey Company
28. Bill Burns, CEO, Zebra Technologies
29. David Burritt, President and CEO, U. S. Steel
30. James Butcher, President & CEO, Chemonics International
31. Giovanni Caforio, Chairman & CEO, Bristol Myers Squibb
32. David Calhoun, President & CEO, The Boeing Company
33. Anthony Capuano, CEO, Marriott International, Inc.
34. Marc Casper, Chairman, President & CEO, Thermo Fisher Scientific
35. Andy Cecere, Chairman & CEO, U.S. Bancorp
36. Annette Clayton, North American President & CEO, Schneider Electric
37. Frank Clyburn, CEO, IFF
38. Steve Collis, Chairman, President and CEO, AmerisourceBergen
39. Elizabeth B. Concordia, President and CEO, UCHealth
40. David Cordani, President & CEO, Cigna Corporation
41. Brian Cornell, Board Chairman & CEO, Target Corp.
42. Roger Crandall, Chairman, President & CEO, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company
43. Joanne Crevoiserat, CEO, Tapestry, Inc.
44. H. Lawrence (Larry) Culp Jr., Chairman and Chief Executive, GE Aerospace
45. Terrence Curtin, CEO, TE Connectivity, Ltd.
46. Paul Decker, President & CEO, Mathematica
47. Keith Demmings, President & CEO, Assurant
48. Antoine de Saint-Affrique, Chief Executive Officer, Danone
49. Harry Dochelli, President & CEO, Essendant
50. Joe Dominguez, President & CEO, Constellation Energy Corporation
51. John Donahoe, President & CEO, NIKE, Inc.
52. Brian Doubles, President & CEO, Synchrony
53. Sandy Douglas, CEO, UNFI
54. David Druley, CEO, Cambridge Associates
55. Thasunda Brown Duckett, President & CEO, TIAA
56. Marvin R. Ellison, President & CEO, Lowe’s Companies, Inc.
57. John J. Engel, Chairman, President & CEO, Wesco International Inc.
58. Ann Fandozzi, Chief Executive Officer, Convergint
59. Mick Farrell, CEO, ResMed
60. Gianrico Farrugia, M.D., President & CEO, Mayo Clinic
61. Bradley H. Feldmann, Chairman, President & CEO, Cubic Corporation
62. Jim Fitterling, Chair and CEO, Dow
63. Kathleen Flanagan, CEO & President, Abt Global Inc.
64. Beth Ford, President & CEO, Land O’Lakes, Inc.
65. James C. Foster, Chairman, President and CEO, Charles River Laboratories, Inc.
66. Richard Francis, President and Chief Executive Officer, Teva Pharmaceuticals
67. Fabrizio Freda, President & CEO, The Estée Lauder Companies
68. Lance Fritz, Chairman, President & CEO, Union Pacific
69. Pat Gallagher, Chairman & CEO, Gallagher
70. Belén Garijo, Chair of the Executive Board and CEO, Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany
71. Pat Gelsinger, CEO, Intel
72. Paul Gentzkow, President & CEO, Talent Solutions, Robert Half
73. Jim Giannopoulos, CEO, GHD
74. Matt Goldberg, President & CEO, Tripadvisor, Inc.
75. Jim Goodnight, Co-Founder & CEO, SAS Institute Inc.
76. Ariane Gorin, Chief Executive Officer, Expedia Group
77. Robert J. Grammig, Chair and Chief Executive Officer, Holland & Knight LLP
78. Mark Greatrex, President, Cox Communications, Inc.
79. Kelly Grier, US Chair & Americas Managing Partner, Ernst & Young LLP
80. Sebastian Guth, President, Bayer U.S. & President Pharma, North America, Bayer
81. Monty Hamilton, Chief Executive Officer, Sparq
82. Matt Hammerstein, CEO Barclays UK and Global Agenda Sponsor for Disability Inclusion, Barclays UK
83. M. Susan Hardwick, President & CEO, American Water Works, Inc.
84. Cain A. Hayes, President & CEO, Point32Health, Inc.
85. Gregory J. Hayes, Chairman & CEO, Raytheon Technologies
86. Joe Hinrichs, President & CEO, CSX Corporation
87. Lauren Hobart, President & CEO, DICK’S Sporting Goods, Inc.
88. Roger Hochschild, President & CEO, Discover Financial Services
89. Kevin Hourican, President & CEO, Sysco Corporation
90. Peyton Howell, Chief Executive Officer, Parexel
91. Barbara Humpton, CEO, Siemens USA
92. Jean Hynes, CEO, Wellington Management
93. Steve Ichinaga, President, Hyve Solutions
94. Robert Isom, Chief Executive Officer, American Airlines Group
95. Anthony Jabbour, CEO, Black Knight, Inc. and Dun & Bradstreet
96. Brad Jacobs, Chairman & CEO, XPO Logistics, Inc.
97. Haakan Jonsson, Chairman and President, Covestro
98. Robert E. Jordan, CEO, Southwest Airlines
99. Dr. Ilham Kadri, CEO, Syensqo
100. Rick Keyes, President & CEO, Meijer
101. Julie Kim, President, U.S. Business Unit and U.S. Country Head, Takeda
102. Scott Kirby, CEO, United Airlines
103. Tim Knavish, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), PPG Industries, Inc.
104. Paul Knopp, U.S. Chair & CEO, KPMG
105. Ramon Laguarta, Chairman and CEO, PepsiCo
106. Ralph A. LaRossa, Chair, President & CEO, Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG)
107. Heather Lavallee, CEO, Voya Financial, Inc.
108. Alex Liu, Managing Partner, Chairman and Chief Diversity Officer, Kearney
109. Sarah London, CEO, Centene Corporation
110. Enrique Lores, President and CEO, HP Inc.
111. Charles F. Lowrey, Chairman & CEO, Prudential Financial, Inc.
112. Mike Mahoney, Chairman & CEO, Boston Scientific
113. Paul Markovich, President & CEO, Blue Shield of California
114. Judy Marks, Chair, CEO & President, Otis Worldwide
115. Geoff Martha, CEO, Medtronic
116. Rodney Martin, Chairman & CEO, Voya Financial
117. Alessandro Maselli, President & CEO, Catalent Pharma Solutions
118. Pamela Maynard, CEO, Avanade
119. Bill McDermott, Chairman & CEO, ServiceNow
120. James R. McDonald, President, Americas Land, SLB
121. Richard P. McKenney, President & CEO, Unum
122. Doug McMillon, President & CEO, Walmart Inc.
123. Rodney McMullen, Chairman & CEO, The Kroger Companies
124. Sanjay Mehrotra, President & CEO, Micron Technology, Inc.
125. Larry Merlo, President & CEO, CVS Health
126. Charles Meyers, President and CEO, Equinix
127. Ben Minicucci, CEO & President, Alaska Airlines
128. Sarosh Mistry, Chair, Sodexo North America, Sodexo
129. Mark Mondello, CEO, Jabil Inc.
130. Curt Morgan, CEO, Vistra Corp.
131. Sarah Morrison, CEO, Shepherd Center
132. Iva Morse, Country Speaker USA. Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany
133. William S. Mosakowski, CEO, Public Consulting Group
134. Brian Moynihan, Chairman of the Board & CEO, Bank of America
135. Satya Nadella, CEO, Microsoft
136. Laxman Narasimhan, CEO, Starbucks
137. Chris Nassetta, President & CEO, Hilton
138. Antonio Neri, President & CEO, Hewlett Packard Enterprise
139. Alan S. Ogilvie, President & Chief Executive Officer, Church Mutual Insurance Co., S.I.
140. Ronald P. O’Hanley, Chairman & CEO , State Street Corporation
141. Ken Paulus, President & CEO, Prime Therapeutics LLC
142. Mark Pearson, CEO, Equitable Holdings
143. Wendy Perkins, President and CEO, WPS, A Health Solutions Company
144. Douglas L. Peterson, President & CEO, S&P Global
145. Tom Pickett, CEO, Headspace
146. Pedro Pizarro, President & CEO, Edison International
147. Tom Polen, Chairman, CEO & President, Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD)
148. Patti Poppe, CEO PG&E Corporation, Pacific Gas and Electric Company
149. Bob Pragada, Chief Executive Officer, Jacobs
150. Heike Prinz, Chief Talent Officer & Labor Director, Bayer AG, Bayer
151. Peter Quigley, CEO, Kelly
152. Tom Reeg, CEO, Caesars Entertainment
153. Dave Regnery, Chair & CEO, Trane Technologies
154. Dave Ricks, Chairman & CEO, Eli Lilly and Company
155. Michelle Riley-Brown, President and CEO, Children’s National Hospital
156. David Risher, CEO, Lyft
157. Dino E. Robusto, Chairman & CEO, CNA Financial Corporation
158. Jorge M. Rodriguez, President & CEO, Sorenson
159. Horacio Rozanski, President and Chief Executive Officer, Booz Allen Hamilton
160. Jim Ryan, Chairman & CEO, Old National Bank
161. Jim Ryan, President & CEO, Sony Interactive Entertainment
162. Tim Ryan, US Chair & Senior Partner, PwC
163. Vincent L. Sadusky, Chief Executive Officer; Executive Director, IGT
164. Leo Salom, President & CEO, TD Bank
165. Tom Salvaggio, President & CEO, CAI
166. Rafael Santana, President and CEO, Wabtec Corporation
167. Rodrigo Santos, President Bayer Crop Science Division, Bayer
168. Julien Sauvagnargues, President, Olympus Corporation of the Americas (OCA)
169. Kevin Sayer, Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer, Dexcom, Inc.
170. Charlie Scharf, CEO, Wells Fargo & Company
171. Jay Shah, Chief Executive Officer, Edelman Financial Engines
172. Alan Shaw, President & CEO, Norfolk Southern Corporation
173. Brian Shepherd, President and CEO, CSG
174. Seth Siegel, CEO, Grant Thornton LLP
175. Brian Sikes, President & CEO, Cargill
176.  Mike Sievert, President & CEO, T-Mobile
177. Josh Silverman, CEO, Etsy, Inc.
178. Lorenzo Simonelli, Chairman & CEO, Baker Hughes
179. Vince Sorgi, President & CEO, PPL Corporation
180.  Evan Spiegel, CEO, Snap Inc.
181. John Stankey, CEO, AT&T
182. Steve D. Steinour, President and CEO, Huntington National Bank
183. Scott Strazik, Chief Executive Officer, GE Vernova
184. Michael Stubblefield, President and CEO, Avantor
185. Robert E. Sulentic, President & CEO, CBRE
186.  Julie Sweet, CEO, Accenture
187.  Mike Swinford, CEO, NuMotion
188. J.K. Symancyk, President & CEO, PetSmart
189. James D. Taiclet, Chairman, President & CEO, Lockheed Martin
190.  Joe Tarantino, President & CEO, Protiviti
191. Rob Taylor, President Sonepar North America, Sonepar
192.  Jacob Thaysen, PhD, Chief Executive Officer, Illumina
193. Laurent Therivel, CEO, US Cellular
194. Sanjeev Tirath, CEO, Pyramid Consulting
195.  Carol B. Tomé, CEO, United Parcel Service
196. Robert N. Trunzo, President & CEO, TruStage
197. Brian Turner, CEO & President, Point B LLC
198.  Sherri Turpin, CEO, ZVRS and Purple Communications
199. Brian Tyler, CEO, McKesson Corporation
200. Joe Ucuzoglu, CEO, Deloitte Global
201.  Hans Vestberg, Chairman & CEO, Verizon
202. Robin Vince, President & CEO, BNY Mellon
203. Steve Vondran, President and Chief Executive Officer, American Tower Corporation
204.  Michel Vounatsos, CEO, Biogen
205.  Keith Waddell, CEO, Robert Half International
206. Pat Walsh, CPA, MBA, CEO, Withum
207.  Kathy Warden, Chairman, CEO & President, Northrop Grumman Corporation
208.  Mike Wirth, Chairman & CEO, Chevron Corporation
209.  Dr. Jerry Wohletz, President & CEO, Draper
210.  Anne Wojcicki, CEO & Co-Founder, 23andMe
211. Patrick Zammit, CEO, TD SYNNEX
212.  John Zillmer, CEO, Aramark